{"id":13755,"date":"2025-06-19T16:18:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T02:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/?p=13755"},"modified":"2025-11-13T08:18:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T18:18:51","slug":"2025-new-hidoe-leaders-appointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/zh_tw\/2025-new-hidoe-leaders-appointed\/","title":{"rendered":"New HIDOE leaders appointed to oversee Kapa\u2018a-Kaua\u2018i-Waimea and Hilo-Wai\u0101kea Complex Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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HONOLULU \u2014 The Hawai\u02bbi State Board of Education (Board) unanimously approved appointments of Leila Maeda-Kobayashi as complex area superintendent overseeing schools in the Kapa\u02bba-Kaua\u02bbi-Waimea Complex Area<\/a> and Kasie Kaleohano as complex area superintendent overseeing schools in the \u5e0c\u6d1b-\u61f7\u963f\u57fa\u4e9e\u7d9c\u5408\u5340<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leila Maeda-Kobayashi, appointed Kapa\u02bba-Kaua\u02bbi-Waimea Complex Area Superintendent\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maeda-Kobayashi, who was approved by the Board today, has served since March 2025 as the deputy complex area superintendent of the Kapa’a-Kaua’i-Waimea Complex Area. Her experience within the Department spans over 30 years, previously serving as principal at Koloa Elementary, vice principal at Wilcox Elementary and Kapa’a High, student services coordinator at Koloa Elementary, and as a special education teacher at Koloa Elementary and Waipahu Elementary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis array of experiences will enable Ms. Maeda-Kobayashi to continue to guide the Kapa\u02bba Kaua’i-Waimea Complex Area and to be responsive to the needs of schools,\u201d Superintendent Keith Hayashi said in his recommendation<\/a> to the Board. \u201c[She] has gained substantial departmental knowledge, enabling her to effectively address school needs and communicate across all levels of the tri-level system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maeda-Kobayashi holds an educational certificate in elementary and special education as well as a bachelor\u2019s degree in business administration from the University of Hawai\u02bbi at M\u0101noa. She succeeds veteran educator Daniel Hamada, who will retire<\/a> at the end of June with a HIDOE career spanning 47 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kasie Kaleohano<\/strong>, appointed Hilo-Wai\u0101kea Complex Area Superintendent <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaleohano, who was approved by the Board at its April 10 General Business Meeting, has served as the deputy complex area superintendent of the Hilo-Wai\u0101kea <\/strong>Complex Area since January. Her experience within the Department spans over 20 years \u2014 all within the Hilo-Wai\u0101kea Complex Area \u2014 previously serving as a district educational specialist for the complex area, principal at Wai\u0101keawaena Elementary, vice principal at Kalaniana\u2018ole Elementary and Intermediate, and various teaching and support staff roles at Wai\u0101kea High.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Ms. Kaleohano\u2019s commitment to the Hilo-Wai\u0101kea Complex Area and improving our public education system is unquestionable,\u201d Superintendent Hayashi said in his recommendation<\/a> to the Board. \u201cAs Complex Area Superintendent, Ms. Kaleohano will provide executive leadership by upholding the values of high expectations, equity, and cultural understanding in all matters through a productive professional culture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in secondary education\/Hawaiian language from the University of Hawai\u02bbi at M\u0101noa and a master\u02bbs degree in secondary education from National University. Kaleohano succeeds Esther Kanehailua, who retires<\/a> at the end of June with 30 years of service to Hawai\u2018i public schools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both appointments are effective July 1.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HONOLULU \u2014 The Hawai\u02bbi State Board of Education (Board) unanimously approved appointments of Leila Maeda-Kobayashi as complex area superintendent overseeing schools in the Kapa\u02bba-Kaua\u02bbi-Waimea Complex Area and Kasie Kaleohano as complex area superintendent overseeing schools in the Hilo-Wai\u0101kea Complex Area.\u00a0 Leila Maeda-Kobayashi, appointed Kapa\u02bba-Kaua\u02bbi-Waimea Complex Area Superintendent\u00a0 Maeda-Kobayashi, who was approved by the Board today, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"11215,16234,16898,8774,9389,14267","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","wp_popup_display_lightbox":0,"wp_popup_suppress":"","wp_popup_trigger":"","wp_popup_trigger_amount":0,"wp_popup_disable_on_mobile":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":21,"label":"News"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Stanley Lee","author_link":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/zh_tw\/author\/stanley-leek12-hi-us\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":21,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":21,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":305,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":21,"category_count":305,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 06:08:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"post_status","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/zh_tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/zh_tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/zh_tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/zh_tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/zh_tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/zh_tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/zh_tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/zh_tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/zh_tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}